Tucker Carlson is one of the few mainstream media figures who actually manages to do his job well. However, this week, he travelled to Romania and conducted a disturbing interview with disgraced Red-Pill Cult leader Andrew Tate. Tate is currently out on parole over there awaiting trial after getting himself thrown in jail after a very stupid publicity stunt. Tate is among a number of these would-be Manly Alpha Leaders who've gone abroad boasting of the lax justice systems freedom of the non-Western world, only to find themselves sitting in the slammer or occupying a plot in the local cemetery.
Carlson's interview was disturbing for two reasons. First, it was an uncharacteristically 'softball' interview by Carlson's usually aggressive standards. It seemed to portray Tate as an heroic defender of our culturally much-maligned Masculinity being persecuted by a 'woke' Government overly dependent on American Cultural Imperialism. Now, while it is true that, like the rest of the EU/NATO satrapies, the Romanian Government is a servile instrument of the Davos NWO freaks, the general population isn't quite as compliant. Nor is Tate a masculine role model in any sense of the word, and he's not under legal scrutiny for no reason.
For example, Carlson states “that earlier generations might have found parts of Tate’s message inspiring, it is today seen as a threat...Tate and his brother are now under house arrest awaiting their trial, though not a single woman has come forward to say that she was kidnapped or imprisoned or moved across international borders against her will by Andrew or Tristan Tate.” The latter part of this statement isn't true: Romania actually has laws (like we used to have) which forbid publicizing the names of female accusers in cases of rape or sexual violence. They actually have 'come forward' except that their names are sealed by the Court to spare them being made public spectacles as our voyeuristic media is inclined to do.
It's also rather doubtful that earlier generations would have found much in Tate that is 'inspiring.' Tate is literally a predator---not only of young women, but upon vulnerable young men who pay high prices for his bad advice and look up to him as some sort of guru. Before he fled to Romania, he was under investigation in various jurisdictions for running pyramid-schemes, shady Crypto-currency ventures, etc. This 'role model' actually used to run an organization which he shamelessly called Hustlers University whose tagline read: "the most fantastic place on the planet for making money, where one can learn to escape the matrix and avoid being a loser, peon, or a wage slave brokie". Learning these secrets cost the mark initiate a mere $49.95/month with the bonus of a live Zoom-meeting with the Master himself for $4500. There was even a side-program where members could earn a small commission by spamming Tate's program on social media.
Yet, according to Tucker Carlson, "Tate offers a different vision that encourages men to seek respect by becoming impressive: 'Wake up early. Work as hard as you can, stay sober, find God, keep yourself physically fit [and] don’t complain.' Such messaging that he began on social media about 10 years ago, may have helped contribute to Tate being the most Googled man in the world last year.” Let's all hope that Hustler University is apple-pie, Anglo-Saxon Protestant Work Ethic enough!
Actually, Hustler University wasn't Tate's first foray into the world of commerce. He originally ran an OnlyFans clone, with an original twist: Male victims would spend $5 per minute interacting with women in lingerie strategically placed behind shoddy equipment. The women would claim to have debt problems in order to scam men out of their money---a fat percentage of which went to Tate. Tate would have his staff send messages to men on behalf of the models in order to give the false impression of a relationship. This went on until exposed by the British Media.
Seriously, is this an example of the media twisting facts to be politically correct?One of Tate's stated reasons for scooting off to Romania in the first place was "because the police were less likely to pursue allegations of sexual assault against him." Like many of the others of his ilk, Tate advocates 'pick-up artistry', and boasts online about sexual conquests that he never really had.
The second disturbing thing about the Carlson interview is that it reflects a growing trend in the Conservative movement to embrace these cultish Red Pill/Alt-Right ideals. True, those kooks were trying to hijack the MAGA Movement earlier, but Trump never embraced their ideology and frequently disavowed them. During the 2022 'elections' and since, however, there has been a definite shift to normalize and mainstream these pernicious attitudes. We're not describing here defending traditional Masculinity or fighting for the Men's Rights. What we're seeing with the so-called Red Pills is the idolization of force and fraud; the philosophy that the ends justify the means; embracing evo-psych and supremacist-based social hierarchies; contempt for the less fortunate; in fine, the Cult of the Superman.
Tate himself goes so far as to call things like poverty and depression "signs of weakness" an attitude increasingly reflected among the Controlled Opposition Conservative punditocracy. That they've applauded despicable (and questionably legal) actions by politicians and private citizens has been well documented here; as well as their contempt for truth or actual solutions in favor of owning the Libtards and controlling the narrative---and, sadly, Carlson's interview with Andrew Tate came across as an attempt to do exactly that. Even a notoriously Left-Wing outpost caught the glaring Red Pill overtones embedded in Ron DeSantis' recent controversial anti-Trump campaign ad.
Commentators on the Right need to start calling this ideology out and exposing it for what it is. It's not traditional Conservatism, but its counterfeit. In its essence, it is much closer to the Right-Wing movements of mid-20th Century Europe than it is to the Party of Lincoln.
Thank you for writing this. I was confused by Tucker's behavior during the Tate interview and now I understand why.
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of like both the Left and the Right will find an alleged victim and make them into a persecuted hero. This hero is now virtuous in all ways on account of the injustice they have allegedly endured, and so they must be protected, worshiped even. George Floyd is a good example, but what Tucker tried to do with Tate is from the same playbook.
Exactly. So far, all that the Right seems interested in doing is showing that they can be a more efficient and cost-effective version of the Left.
DeleteTucker troubles me. This new iteration of him is not pleasant to behold. One assumes his ego has expanded with his new found fame, especially after having been kicked to the curb by Fox.
ReplyDeleteI am no fan of Pence...but gloating how Pence's misstep during his interview took out a Presidential candidate I found, was not charming,
Too bad. He has done a lot of good work,
Case in point is your excellent piece on the topic above.
Tucker is flying way to close to the sun.
I have noticed that too, and it's not the first time that Tucker's come to the defense of one of these would-be martyrs recently. He needs to start focusing on being a journalist again instead of generating clickbait, or he'll end up like Alex Jones.
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